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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-07
THE CHINESE SYNDICATE.

A Conference at Which the Negotiations
Were Completed and tho Papers Signed.
Special to the Indianapolis Jooruai.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.-At the Chinese lega-
tion there was conference tonight between
the Mitkewicz- Barker syndicate. the Chinese
minister and the mandarins who accompanied
Mirkiewicz to this country. This conference
lasted until a very late hour. and the result was
that cablegram was sent to China in which the
Games of the gentlemen who have subscribed for
the stock of the syndicate were given. It seems
that the amount OF money to be subscribed has
been overrated 1t is s25 900. 600 instead Of $780,
600, 900. OF this $4,000. 600 has been sub
scribed by the Chinese. One of the secretaries
ment would take $4,000. 900 of the
stock. and that the other $1,000, 900
will have to be subscribed for by mer-
chants in the Chinese empire. There were a
number of men with more or less capital at their
disposal at the Manning residence who were
anxious to get in on the ground floor, but they
were too late. 1t is said that Drexel, Morgan g.
CO., of Philadelphia. have agreed to take up
wards of So 000, 900 of the stock which will be
sold in the United States, and that very share
is spoken for. Mr.. Chang Yen Hoon. the Chi
minister, is said to have been fully
satisfied with the responsibility OF the
gentlemen who form the syndicate, and there is
excellent authority for saying that the conces-
sions were com pleted by the addition of his sig
nature TO the papers which were brought from
China by MItkiewfcZ and his felow,travelers.
The amount which the scheme is capitalized
will seem rather small for the enterprises which
are be undertaken, but it is said by Mr..
Barker's representative that the will be
ample for the present, the empire OF China
is not developed up to the point of gridironing
the country yet. Besides this, the cost OF
& a O China
accomplished at expenditure far less than
similar enterprises would require in this conn
try. While the financial record of Mitkiewicz
in the United States may not have been always
just what it should have been, the Chinese
mandarins who accompany him seem to have
the highest regard for his ability q fnancer.
They praise his shrewdness, and consider him q
sort of savior They assert that this enter
prise will be the making of the empire.
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Reception at the white House.

WAsHINGToN, Sept 6.-The reception to-
night at the executive mansion, given in honor
of the members of the Medical Congress, was
eminently successful Between 5000 and
5000 medical men and their families were
greeted by the President and Mrs. Cleveland
from until 10 o'clock. The President and Mrs.
Cleveland. who looked very handsome in a silken
palm green gown shook hands warmly with all
the medcos and their wives and daughters. The
various parIors were elaboratsly decorated with
flowers and tropical plants. the display in the
East Room comparing favorably with the floral
decorations of the official receptions of last
winter The Marine Band played throuehout
the evening. But small proportion of the
visitors appeared in evening dress. the prelimin-
ary announcements stating that the reception was
informal The absence of full toilets. and the
presence of hats gave the crowds in the parlors
less imposing appearance than is usually
noticed during the evening receptions ct the
official home of the President
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Russfa and Avoub Khan.

ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 6.-The following
semi-official statement is made public: The
flight of Ayoub Khan does not alter the rela-
tions existing between Russia and the Afghans
The Russian governments had nothing to do
with Ayoub's flight, and does not feel called
upon to concern itself with internal complica-
tious. It is not likely that his escape will cause
fresh difficulties between England and Russia,
both of these cover nments. when settling the
Russo-Afghan from tiers. having adopted solid
ethnoeraphic basis, partly guided by Turcoman
and Afghan traditions
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her upon one occasion. recently. almost to touch
her gown, 1t struck that the material was
not OF the most elegant, but. on the contrary,
was striped velvet stuff Of rather ordinary
quality. This, with her large bonnet, coming
well over her face. and having "a cape
behind, as worn by women of fashion some
Twenty-Five years ago. gave her more the appear
aDco of "a good old Yankee lady, than an en-
press and queen. Her Majesty, although
usually demure and severe in her manner. has a
very pleasant way of smiling and courtesying to
the people as she walks about, which she does
upon rare occasions. as, for instance. at garden
parties or the opening of some grand building.
she has also a very motherly way OF kissing the
favolite members of her family in public,
among whom the Princess of Wales and the
young Victoria of Teek are conspicuous. have
seen the Queen, when walking through a line
either side OF her subjects, upon some
state or otherwise important occasion. as for
example the late opening Of the Peoples Palace,
stop and shake the hand of some favored young
army officer or friend Of the late Prince Consorr,
to the evident chagrin OF the procession of maids
of honor and the royal household who follow.
and the bearers of the gold and silver rods. who
heard more musical. sweet. low, and cultured
voice than hers, or one more attractive and
sympathetic. / am told that IN all of the ear
riages used by Queen Victoria there
are seats so arranged as to turn with each move
ment that she makes, otherwise the constant
exertion of turning from side to side in order
to acknowledge the display of loyalty
that is Invariably encountered on her drives, es-
peciallv in London, would prove extremely fa-
tguing if not exnausting. It is difficult to real
ize that the forid. corpulent lady one sees to-
day, whose once 1.-THE figure has become like
unto that of her royal ancestor the late s.frst
gentleman of Europe" in his latter days. could
ever had been the original of the graceful and
wonderfully attractive portraits that to
be seen in the private apartments of the Queen
at Windsor Castle and which have presumably
been selected as the most faithful of her Males
tvs counterfeit presentments. The ladies in
waiting to the Queen, particularly the Marchion-
ess of Ely, much affect the style of dress of
their royal mistress. and so far sacrifice them
selves to ape her bonnet sAs ugly the
Queens bonnet" is familiar English utter
mn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-07
Scarlet Fever in London.

LONDON Sept. Cover one thousand cases
v~af scarlet fever reported in London, and the
disease is increasing in extent and virulence SO
rapidly that many victims are deprived of
proper medical attendance through the inability
of the physicians employed to give each patient
the necessary attention. The hospitals are
crowded to their utmost capacity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-07
ALegi,Ia,or Dec,ines a Bribe.

CONCORD, N. H, Sept. Elm the Senate, this
afternoon, Senator Sawyer. rising to question
OF personal privilege, stated that Kirk ID. Pierce
who is n nephew of the late President Pierce,
had on Wednesday las. offered him bribe of
$9,OO0 TO make speech in favor of the pending
Boston q Maine railroad bill, and that he had
was appointed. Pierce declares the charge un-
true.
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Gable Notes.

Hanson & Wormalds IS woolen mills at Dews-
bury England, have been destroyed by fire,
causing loss of $200.00
Hans Jabokensen. an American citizen. has
been arrested in the Lysa0bel woods the
Island of Alsen, in the Baltic sea. a charge of
deserting from the German army in 1873
The Prince of Wales, accom- panied by his son.
Prince Albert Victor, arrived at Helsingoer yes
terday, and was saluted by the men-of-war in
the harbor On landing the princes
celved by the Danish royal family and the Czar
and Czarina of Russia. They were afterwards
escorted to Fredelsborg by guard of honor.
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sucoes.ful yyork with SORGHUM Game.

Fort ScoTT. Kan, Aug. 6.-The Parkinson
Bugar-works commenced running week ago to
work up this years crop of sorghum cane. The
results so far have been wonderful. and il has
been demonstrated that sugar can be made yery
profitaDlv from sorghum cane. From l04 to Ito
pounds Of first sugar. twenty pounds of seconds.
Ind ten gallons of syrup is the average product
from single ton of cane.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-07
MIR. child.'. CAT to the Baby.

NEW ! FORK, Sent. Ga check for 81. 1000
frawn by George w. Childs. OF Philadelphia,
was deposited in Newark bank, yesterday, TO
the credit of George William Childs McCarter.
eged one week Tomorrow the son of Robert
McCerter, OF Newark. who married Miss Peter
son, Mr.. Childss niece, last year.
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A serious Bank Failure.

LONDON. Sept. 6.-Greenway, Smith g. Green
ways bank. at Warwick. has failed The bank
has been established for century, and has the
highest reputation for soundness. Il is feared
the failure will cause widespread ruin.
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THE QUEEN AND HER BONNET.

Her Msjesty's Personal Appearance Likened
to That of an Old Yankee Woman.
London letter in Philadelphia Press.
Every time that have seen the Queen, at
drawing-room. driving in her carriage on
foot, have been much impressed with her
kind. comfortable homely and withal old
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-07
A Talk with a Lady Delegate.

WashIneton Special
The only lady physician at the International
Medical Congress is DR.. Fanny Dickinson Of
Chicago She says there must be several hun
dred lady doctors in the United States alone.
but unfortunately the practice of most of them
is of such kind that it cannot be left Without
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-07
Criticisinr a Napoleonic Financier.

NEW YORK, Sept Count Mitkiewicz, who
claims to have secured Chinese financial con-
cessions of fabulous value. is the subj ect of Sc
we're criticisms in todays Sun. Post and other
papers. 1t is alleged that he is bieamist, a
swindler and mpostor Of the most adventurous
and dangerous type His amours at Rochester,
Amherst and elsewhere and his business ex-
ploits in Washington, Philadelphia and other
cities related at greatilength, and his right
to the title of count is denied.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-07
The Observation-Disclosures snit.

WIScHEsTER. Va, Sept. 6.-At Woodstock.
to-day, the snit of General Malone against SEN
ator Ridjleberger, bond for $500, termi-
mated in a disagreement of the jury. A second
case against the Senator by General Malone for
$1,000 was continued until the next term of
court
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Avoub Khan,s Desfrns.

CABUL, Sept Cit is reported that Ayoub
Khan has reached Kushank. where he will meet
the fatherly Sirdar of the Jamshedis and solicit
the aid of his tribe to overrun Afghapistan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-07

BOSTON. Sept. 6-Tne Gossamer Manufac-
turing Association to-day ordered a further ad-
vance OF 10 to 20 per cent on prices OF eossamer
rubber goods.
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EXETER'S THEATER HORROR
1t IS Now Believed the List of Dead Will
be SWelled tc One Hundred and Forty.

Horrible Scenes Revealed by Further Search
of the Ruins-A Score of Unrecognizable
Bodies Found in Blackened Heap.
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WHEN INDICATIONS.
WEDNESDAY-Cooler; fair weather.
A FORTNICHTS FACT.

For a fortnight we have been receiving new
goods for the fall trade. The whole range of
the fall trade. From Overcoats to Under
clothing-that is, from the outside in. From
Socks to Cravats-that is, ''from the ground
up 1t is a little early for the fall trade and
the recent tendency of the thermometer to
manifest the altitudinous condition in which
it rioted all summer, makes it seem early, but
FALL Is A FACT.
1t is coming sure and we want to be ready.
The immense stock which we handle requires
time for classification and display. We shall
be perhaps a fortnight yet getting in all that
we have arranged for for the
FALL WANTS.
Meantime we have lot of medium weights
on hard which desirous Of getting rid
of. Their room is better than their company
to us, and so we have put price on them
that makes them an object to any one need
ing this sort of clothing to piece out the sea-
son with and to have ready for use at the end
of next winter. Investigate this.
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LEADERS OF LOW PRICES

Special sale of Table Linens,
White Goods and Embroideries
in short lengths, must be closed
this week to make room for
fall goods. Ladies, Misses and
Children's HOSE marked down
to close out the remnants of
our summer stock.
&JOHNSTONE
az F0cf Wo
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-15
THAT SUNDAY DINNER.
Men York Sun.1

VEN lOTk Sun.
HOW 4 GOOD HOUSEWIFE CAN PLEASE An
APPREcIATtvB HUSBAND.
The variety afforded by the markets
for substantial, inviting dinner is so
great az present that housewives are
bewlldered, and win no doubt be thank
iul Tor a suggestion from The sun.
The Sunday dinner is the great Amer
lean meal, and in every well-conducted
household IS regarded as feast and a
thing 90 be desired Now that there is
quite a demand for spring chickens,
capons and high-priced poultry winter
packed stock IS offered al low prices
not because Of inferiority. but TO make
room in the freezers for the great sum
mer supply.
A fine pullet can be had at thirteen
cents pound, and one weighing four
pounds is sufficiently large. Prepare
your fowl so as TO have chicken soup.
and roast chicken also. Begin your
operations fully four hours before din
ner, After YOU have properly cleaned
the pullet, put it over the fire 10 boil
with few red peppers and other sea
soning. After cutting off the head and
neck, cut the claws and scrape the skin
from the feet and legs put them to-
gether with the liver. heart and eiz-
Yard, and boil all gently until the
chicken grows tender Take il up and
boil the remainder until the flesh falls
from the bones. When il Is sufficiently
boiled add a cup 81 rice. and boil until
the rice is soft. Two hours boiling is
sufficient.
Shad are now at their best, both
North and Connecticut Rivers Wash
a plump roe shad, wipe dry. and roll
the roe in -four seasoned with salt and
pepper. Fry it over a moderate fire
on both sides. Now peel fresh Gu
cumbcr and prepare as usual. Boil a
quart Of new potatoes, retain half whole
and the other half mashed for cro-
guettes. Serve both cucumber and po-
tatoes with the shad
Prepare the shad for brohing and
then lay it between the bars OF a dou-
BILE wire gridiron. wen buttered. When
done, place il on a hot platter and gar
nish the platter with parsley and a
lemon cut in slices With the potatoes
serve cream sauce made with butter,
-four, a pint Of milk, and seasoning.
For vegetables serve either spinach or
new cabbage. With the portion Of the
potatoes retained Tor CroquettcS roll m
balls and dip in cracker dust. then in
a beaten egg. Fry them a golden
brown in plenty Of fat, and serve
with the chicken, sprinkied with pars-
ley.
In roasting the chicken, rub il well
with butter and put in a bot oven 20
brown. Make brown gravy from the
drippings, and serve with the chicken.
Lettuce and radishes viii have their
place. and for dessert rhubarb sauce
and rice pudding will complete an eN-
Cellent meal.
Give due attention 20 the aesthetic
surroundings Of the table, and the hard
morning work will be forgotten in the
satisfaction brought % every member
OF the family Now figure up the cost
Of this dainty dinner, and Il will be
found e. come within the limit OF $50.
On a printed menu it would appear as
follows.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-15
SAYINGS ABOUT WOMAN.


Love and a cough cannot be hid
George Herbert.
Maternal love, thou word that sums
all bliss. Pollock.
Marriages are best of dissimilar ma
terials.-Thesdore Parker.
No man can either live piously or die
righteous without a Richter.
As first babes feed on the mothers
bosom, but always on her heart
BeecheT.
She commander her husband, in
any equal matter, by constantly obey
ing him.-Fulier
To be man in the true sense is, in
the first place, and above all things, to
have wife MiChelet
shut the door Of that house Of
pleasure which YOU hear resOunding
with the loud voice Of q woman
Saadi
4 womau's feeling as 10 home is usu-
allv more intense than mans. 10 say
nothing Of her native endowments .-
Rev. Joseph Cook.
There is in all this cold and hollow
world no fount - deep, strong, death
less love save that within a mother :
heart--Mrs Hemans
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

TESTED AND FOUND USEFUL
Hot. strong lemonade taken at bed
time will break Up q bad cold.
Lamp chimneys are easily cleaned
hv holding them over thc steam from
a tpaketue, then rubbing them with a
So cloth. and finally polishing with
paper.
Grease NAV be removed from wall
paper bv laving several folds ut blottIug
paper on the spot and holding a hot
iron near il until the grease has been
absorbed.
Mldewcd linen NAV be restored by
snaping the spots while vet, covering
them with fine chalk seraped % pow
der and rubbing il well in. or soak In
buttermilk and spread OF the grass in
the sun
To remove fruit stains from linen
rub the part on each side with yellow
Susp. then ;ie up piece II pearlash in
thecIath and soak IN hot water. After
ward expose the stained part o. the sun
and air until removed.
Wash black stockings In strong salt
water. then dry them and wash in an
atbrr solution. finishing in clear cold
water. II properly done che dye VIII
nos rub OF
May people sprinkle teA-leaves on
che cArfsst before sweeping They arc
Good rFovidiug your carpet Is not very
Erhf. in which case the tca-lCaveS vii
make STAN. MoiStsBs8 bran il eT-
r,Iient for LAYING the dust, and 50 also
j. coarse salt
Tbree-fourths of an ounce Of ElvceT-
inc. SIX drachms avusrlgpzais of POW
acrel9 borax. mixed with u ounces Of
roSe or elder flower water furnishes a
harmless and pleasant toilei wash for
the face and hands,
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-15
A NEW PROFESSION FOR
WOMEN.
A WHIsTLrSG PRINA DONNA WHO MAKES
sNUG LIVING ~ PICKERING
HER LIPS

4 WHIsTIISG PRIMA DONNA WHO MAKES
sSUG LIVING ~ PICKERING
HER LIPS.
met a professional pianist of my
acquaintance recently, and he said he
was travelling on the road with a con-
cert company. writes a New York cor
respondent Of the Boston Gazette.
Who i your prima donna?" I
asked He hesitated a moment and
then said. rather apoIogeticallv.
" We have no regular prima donna.
but we have whistling lady"
Upon inquiry I found that a lady
travelled with the company who had a
gift for whistIing. and who came upon
the stage and whistled to his accompa-
niment to the no small delight of the
audience. ! have never heard her, but
he said it was really an interesting per
Torrance.
| suppose the accounts of this whist
ling lady in the newspapers has excited
the interest OF others, for there is now
In New York a lady who whistles at
private entertainments, but for a con-
sideration. She gets $25 a night for
whlstling in New York drawing rooms
and is said TO have all the engagements
she wants. The husband Of this lady
was well off at one time, but he lost
his money. Whistling was her great
accomplishment, and when she heard
that this gift had been turned to pecu-
mary account, she saw no reason why
she should not aid her husband by her
gifts in this line, and has succeeded be-
yond her expectations.
| heard lady whistler in London
last summer who was quite the rage,
and who had had the honor OF whist
ling before her majesty, but ! did not
think much of her accomplishments
! can whistle better than she can my
self. | have heard whistling that was
beautiful. When l lived on Eighteenth
street | could look down into a beer
saloon from my back window, and in
that beer saloon there would OCCASION
ally come a man who whistled, and any
thing more beautiful Of its kind never
heard. He could do anything that
flute could do.
The lady whistler in London had no
such accomplishments. According to
my Judgment she was a pretty poor
whistler, but she got a good deal OF
praise over there, and, as / said, her
maiesty's endorsement. She was not
a professional, however; she simply
whistled 10 amuse her friends.
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NOTES FEMININE.

George William Curtis's daughter
Elizabeth, interests herself decidedly
in the working girls, as distinguished
from the young ladies of leisure. and
has banded those of Staten Island into
a Working Womens Guild. with read
ing rooms, library and pleasant even
ing recreatiOns. which are showing
themselves to be of decided practical
good,
Mrs. Durant, the widow of the foun-
der of Wellesley. is one Of the most
active women in Boston. dividing her
time between the Young Mems Chris
tan Association, the money for whose
large building came in large part from
her pocket, and the interests of the girls
at the college, 10 whose well-being she
is devoted.
Miss Clara Barton, OF Red Cross fame,
is a Massachusetts woman, a daughter
Of " Mad Anthony Wayne's" old sol
diers. They say that she organized
the first public school ever started in
Bordentown, y. j.. and she was a copy
ist in the Patent Office at Washington
for some years before the war. The
first gun of the Rebellion brought her
to the front, and in the work of the
sanitary commission none was more
devoted in the field. She spent the last
cent she possessed in organizing a bu-
reau of records Of the missing men OF
the armies, and so useful did it prove
that Congress voted her SIS 600 for ser
vices to the Government. As Presi-
dent of the Red Cross Society, whose
ensign waves over America, Europe
and the best part of Asia, she is the
only woman living at the head of a
philanthropic scheme of any such
magnitude, standing as it does for
world wide heneficence on wheels.
Miss Barton looks massive; she is, on
/ closer view, as slender and 1.-THE as a
young girl.
Mrs Champney, who wrote Three
EaSsar Girls, and who is the wife of
Mr.. J. Wells Champney. the artist,
? has n couple of interesting little folks
as bright as her books, though, unluck-
lily for the girls college, one Of them is
a boy.
Mrs Abby Sage Richardson, whose
I lectures on English literature have
made her a familiar figure East and
{ West, keeps a pleasant home on Fifty
eighth street, New York, where she
passes much OF the summer and where
one is always sure of meeting interest
Z ing people.